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EVENING PFBLTC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA', THURSDAY,
MITTFN THFflRY !$20po F0R EMERGENCY warended art futurism,
iflll ILIlU MILUlVl Campaign Agreed on to Establish A n A n 7 7ITV rATCDT TTSV? Q Q
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AUAIN UNULK Kt
Campaign Agreed on to Establish
Orphanage at Antwerp
A drive for $i.).()00 N to be started
more like n nhllrwlnd in n paper-box
factory .Some bright, nenr tiny, ll""'
' .-.i-r-.--. xrl"n.v, tlicro inny ln more pictures iui
ACADEMY INSTRUCTORS SA Y tA
' i bo nl tlic Academy tills yrnr N C'liurlfS
Damcr. Jr., wtin ntudlnl lor
Electric Railway Men Insist
That Five-Cent Fare Is
Inadequate
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COSTS AN OBSTACLE witicn. i.r..w.-.i.
mimdlntely by trie HelRinn relli-f com- ,'.', ,. Inslilutiim OlWllS Term. Iliclllllilll! Among lis Sill- montlii' hi the Jiillcnu School, one ol
iilttcc of the KmcrKcnc.v Aid to be used i ""l ' ' , . , , , l.tl.o two finest nrt jchool In l'nrls.
o otablbh u I'enusjlvanla foundation ' (leilt.1 Lieut. Albeit V. GieCll. Who Lost lllglit Arm at I CrdUH wtetitew extor
u Antwerp. Ilelgium. This was de- ... - "j" ,? " jtMK.c i,( inlcifl. lie' sn'ys that
.t.ln.1 t.wltii nl it tiinMtiH i( tint .,, ... m .. .. . . f i i n... ..1 ui.,.1- t 4...tnt' Irt llOL
u"" '""; ,, , V ,,.-,," TJAK ' "' "I' ut iltriinV rn looklnc ir a Rirni ninny iiniu i w lM,"r, ,, r fl(,.,l vitntni lien-
m ttcc nt thrlr heHdcpiarli-rs, t(!0, Wu - H . , , , , , ,i. ,.mlne exhibitions thai will he of 1 Iriitirp. bill tin I lilted htntes. "r
.,.,1 street .it., the end ,,f the run. Instructors nt Inc Academy of '" e toming (UiiiMiions i in. in i pi,,!,,,.,! tltnt thi 1'reneh schools ir 'far
In wis' f .1 1 1 "the Kin, Arts. he,e tl, rt chnsves h- wnr. actmilly In mntrrinl or born of , , .,,, ,. ,,, both
pnlsn was mi hi .intiuin i. -Mis. iilV ulnt Iwllrvt! l ni'ill l",wor' ) stildenls and teachers, mid Hint the
Unynril Hour., .halin.nii of the ,,,m-l,,f "p ,,1U nl" ''Hifig U-dn. ".lint U(M1(,mllll ,.0PI1P , sl,i,. l,is ' jR painter has much greater ndvnn-
I that, it has.
The finindatiiui is to be it home fori
"" l orphiins and clillilrpti of Belgium and
epfclaf Munich In Kirntnu T'ihlc t.etlotr lft,r (N ,.tnli1ilitnent il will be stip-
Atlnnflpt'lly, Oct. n.-l'lilladelnlilnfil (1 ,(, , M,,UulH tl.pmsclvr. A
claim, us iii-rpiI by 1'ie-icicnt Mitten. fsn!lI ,ml.t f ,i,p f,i wm i,P ,lsp( fol.
the I', l( T . n nickel for a lotm-ill ; ,nim,,(lillU. Ve!lef work.
tnnec trolley ride, enrimnteied further 'i', principal speaker was .Mile. Ho-
heflvv as.nnlls tudin in the national ' ilia Illness, introduced by Airs. Henry
... ' ...t. l...... Ilnlixnil ..-f
since flie tcrinlnntlou
paintliiRS for two years and went into
Among the-large number of new slu- ... .... ,1M inember of n tlehline out
lenfs is Meutcnanl Albert V. (Ireene. I j. Ilemns so busy fighting that he had
if Washington. 1). C. who lost the no time even to si.e en
nd now thnt
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i. , . , ,. ., ,. e ., i ne is naci. mi run im- um,. .. ., ,11111,
use i.f Ins rlghf ami 11s the result of 11 . .. t , ,!,,!, tho
11 .ins ii.iiuiing 111111. ne is
IIM- ,i, III- llfelll 11(111 II- III, ir-.nn - nrt...
wound received nt Verdun, but never- I ,'''.''
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. AMI rilll'M! 1,1 III"' .1111, , in, ...v. .....! il.Jj .rtnttlf
Unllwny Association.
"Kcgulatnr, bodies inut recognize'
the higher level of prices if the de
velopment of cit transportation is to I
be kept upon a parity with other In
dustries, -aid 1'. V. Iiiioitllc ol the,
Milwaukee Klectric Railway.
"Material costs have almost doubled
with us. Labor costs have grown from ;
an average of Stinti befole the war to ,
$1100 for the current -.ear. and labor 1
frankly advises us its objective l a
minimum wage of J'.tHlO.
"it would be a radical man who
would vruture the belief that this never
will be reduced: but it is goiir; to tnhc
a long time to fatten the lean dollar.
Kstlmato. of the period during which
prices will continue aliuonmil .n. from
five to ten puis
"l have in mind a comp.ui which
parried KlO.OOO.OOtl passengers for ..,.
000,000. with an operating cost of S.'..
700.000, which is laboring today under
an operating ovprhend of SO.OOO.OOO.'j
Thomas Mcl'arter. president of the
Public Service Railway of New Jersey,
failed to keep his engagement today to
discuss zone fares, his company having
surrendered to public condemnation
throughout the state. Anuotincpment
was made that the Connecticut Com
pany, of New Haven, will inaugurate n
zone system covering all its lines in a
few days with 11 minimum rate of six
cents. i
.1. D. Mortimer, of the North Ameri
can Company, New York, who chal
lenged tile Philadelphia contention that
a nickel is enough for a trolley ride
before the federal probing commission
last week, declared here today that
public good will is imperative if trolley
lines are to pay dividends.
"The American is a free spender. Put
mortally afraid of being stung. We
nerer will win the good will of the
public until in some way we overcome
that sense of discrimination on the part
of the passenger who resents paying
as much for a short ride as a fellow
rider for a long one."
ter this country
of the war."
FURNITURE PRICES SOAR
theless Is going to curry on his life
work of painting and illustrating as a
government student at the Academy.
Ills career and plans nre significant
of a new influence, a brcnth of realit
t lint will blow the fads and fancies fiom
our academies and gnllerles. No more
pink cats and purple cows. -No more
will they wander ninoiig the strniuc
railroail-wrccks-on-s,anviis of the I tit
presslo, lists.
At the Acndcmy of the Vine Att
they feci that the wild search for some
thing new in painting and the resultant
wild pictures nre tilings of a forgiven
past and that teal work and genuine
ucss will take their tilncc. The painter
of today and tomorrow will have to
Federal Regulation of Glass and
Lumber Industries Advocated
Mlanlic C'lly. Oct, !. - Vederal regu
lation of the lumber and glass output
of the nation may lie necessary to pre
vnni cost of household furniture soar
ing to such heights that the average possess 'inore'thnn 11 velvet jacket an.l
family will lie iinaoie 10 iniy inc most a bad judgment of distance,
ordinnrv furnishing until prices return ... ,. .... ,.
to normal. C. i. Whilwnrth. of (irand v'lr Aftectpil Hunting
Rapids, Mich;, president, -warned the The faculty at the Academy feel that
convuition of the National' Alliance nf , the war has been a good thing for paint
Cusp tioods Association, here today. The lug- They point to the fact that many
bod represents manufacturers ,.. artists actually in (lie ranks of the tight
trolling Hi I"''- cent of bedroom nnd.'-rs. whence they will bring buck new
dining loom furniture. conceptions and ideals of their work. A
Dcfcgutes eiiiphaticnlh declan d proli- great many more painters or potential
leering cnnnol be -mlilli'il upon the artists lime been in close enough touch
uruiufiiPturcrs. ns the mt of finished with tlic great event to feci its steadying
oods is liaseil upon me cosi-pnis plan looiiiinc. nun an nuvi- nun inn- simihuiu
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1' iciicli artists
HScl, SSIIPSS
tnking up Ins oKl won; witn ins goon
left arm and has been making splendid
progress nt the Academy summer school
at Chester Springs under the menforship
1 of Henry MrCarter. of the faculty.
Interest In Greene's Work
Those who nre most Interested in
Lieutenant (Irrcnc's work feel flint n
man who is (litis gamely "coming
back." who knows so much of hnrd
j ship and reality. who is o much of
1 a man himself, is not going to waste
his time on any of the brand-new
schools of painting of late years, which
had learned s(, little and had n little
to tench.
luces rizlit here nt Home
Among the .Inpaticsc students, who
tire for the most part American born,
is K. Inaba, who is secretary to the.
head of the l'an-Ainerieuii Union in
Washington.
SOLDIER SLAIN AT DIX ,
OCTOBER 9, 1919
PALMER DENIES "BOOM"
Attorney General Disclaims 'Impend
ing Trip Has Pol'tlcal Significance
Bu n Staff Corrtapomlent
Washington, Ort. 0, Attorney Gen
ernl Rainier vigorously denied today a
report tha)t the "swing around the cir
cle" he cJtpccts to innke toon to push
the government fight against the high
living costs hriH any connection with a
presidential boom In his behalf.
"f- nm sorry that nny one should
have the interest of the general public
nnd the fight being made by the govern
ment against high food prices so little
nt heart ns to intimate that, my con-
templattd visit to the principal cities
In twenty stales to confer wilt state
anil city officials on the high cost of
Jiving may hnvo some political sig
nificance," said Mr. l'almer,
"I had no earthly thought of mak
ing this visit until after the attorneys
general of n number of the states came
hero yesterday and nt a conference on
living costs urged me to come to the
ynrlous cities nnd confer with tho state
anil city officials.
1 "1 had 110 thought of politics In plan
ning thH trip and since now some
people have nindn these Intimations I
shall be Hiipprcareful not to let nn.vthlng
like politics enter into nny trip."
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Prosecution of Harrlman Theatre
Ovynera Does Not Materialize
Bristol, Pn., Oct. 0. The supporter
of Sunday amusements who nre en-1
couraglng Sunday movlng-plcture (hows
in Harrlman are jubilant because the
threatened prosecutions on tho part of
the Sabbatarians have failed to ma
terialize, The expiration of the forty
eight-hour limit within which, it is as
serted, prosecutions must be started for
violation of the blue laws, passed with
out any move on the part of the church
people against the raovlng-picture
theatre owners
Body
Found Stabbed and Head
Nearly Severed
Camp lllx. X. J., Oct. 0. S ubbed
anil with the head nearly severed from
the trunk, the body of .lolui Smancalto,
a private of tho Camp 1)1 Remount
station, was discovered near the camp
yesterdn. The soldier left the camp
last Saturday. The condition of the
biidv seems fo indicate lie was
murdered at that time.
Investigation threw no light upon the
Itlnntitv of the so I1IC1' H Sllljer. wiuvi-i a
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,iil wIipii tin, !,i- rrnnn illl-!i-,.s l!;ov f,,r,l itrns of a struggle OiklUg tllO main
look for real pictures by regular per- 1 roud, where they believe Samanentto
ons to tnke the place of these Idle-'was attacked. Rockets of the soldiers
Aitists-.Rusy. Afternoons thai used to ! uniform were empty, though he is said
he hung under the title of "A Lady 1 to have had money when he left the
Descending a Stnircne" and looked l camp.
emnloved bv the government during the cxnmplc in the work. cs
' '!. - " pictures, of English and
Will. ....... H-l.. .!. 1. ..f ,
To add to its troubles the furniture
industry H facing a virtual tamine in
! glass if ll does not already prevail.
Realty Man Held In $500 Ball
I'eter .1. McVnrlanil, a icnl estate
dealer, of :Mll! Vast Allegheny avenue,
was held under S."00 ball for court by
Magistrate lirelis today 011 complaint
of William Andres. ,'10."0 Arbor street.
'who accused Mcl'arlaud of attacking
him on October 7. Andres is organizer
of the Kensington Tenants" l'lotcctivc
1 Association.
Won't Protest Seven-Cent Fare
(iloucester will make no official pio
test nt next Thursday's niving of the
Viiblic I'tilities Commission against
suspension of the fare-zone system, it
was decided today at a meeting of ciM
officials, (iloliccster will continue i"
tight for a five-cent fare, but no ob
jection will be made to the temporal v
lestnration of the seven -cent .rate mv
tern.
What the result of all these inllu
enccs on American painting will be lies
with tiie coming yenrs, hut nt toe
Academy they are expecting n new
seriousness and greater power among
our painters, nnd nt the same tune thev
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Builders, Save $500 on
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l.r lnr(allliiR the lleek Modern Vlpeless
l''iirnnc Instruil of 11 rostly tiot-water or
steam-lieutlng system. No txpfuslte nip's
or flues ft lieiits Hie whole house comfort
nbly from one register. No big lubor lilllej
It run be set up iiulrkly In nnj- cellar. SaTes
fuel mill repair Mils. Virile for booklet.
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.Note carefully the offerings herewith, and please btear in mind at the
same time that we stand back of the quality, and guarantee 16 ounces
to the pound. Whether as applied to groceries or meats the entire
strength of the buying power of this organization is devoted to giving
our customers every benefit.
We bring your table in direct contact with the sources of supply.
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principle of real ECONOMY, has registered
for its Upstairs Clothes Shops the most signal
success ever bestowed upon a Philadelphia cloth
ing institution.
AND the reason is plain as the nose on your
face from Maker to Wearer low upstairs
rent small profits sterling values rock-bottom
prices; in a word, "YOUR MONEY'S
WORTH OR YOUR MONEY BACK."
WHETHER you need a Suit or an Overcoat we promise you a clear saving.of ten dollars. Come
up and convince yourself that we are either right or wrong. We don't expect you to buy
our merchandise unless we can prove to you that we are right, but we can't convince you unless
you give us an opportunity. Our prices are
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$33 $35,
$38 and
up to $50
BURTON suit and overcoat styles are correct,
attractive, authoritative. We show them in
boundless variety of models, fabrics, patterns.
Every step and stitch in the production of Burton
Clothes has for its object the complete and lasting
satisfaction of the Wearer.
AND remember' you are paying at least
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have explained, high rents make higher
no. 3 special (Whole ch?ck
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Splendid heavy beef you will enjoy one of these roasts.
Roast 19c
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Fresh Country Style Sausage, lb-30c
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Sifting Lamb
Rack Chops lb. 32c
Shoulders lb. 30c
Stewing lb. 18c
Country Veal
Rack Chops lb. 35c
Shoulders lb. 30c
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uniformity in flavor and
superb drinking qualities.
Our Very Best
Tea 45c ib
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qualities of which are hard to
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